And, a broader category, ska covers. Why is it, by the way, that two-tone, renowned as a political form of music, got so terrible whenever it explicitly turned to politics? Lots of great tunes about the general shitness of work, poverty, late capitalism; and then when political demands get raised, you get the mediocre “Free Nelson Mandela” and “Stand Down Margaret,” the worst ska record ever made?

I must violently disagree about hammond organs. In fact, I’d go to the other extreme – the presence of a hammond organ is in itself enough to ruin an otherwise good record. Every time I listen to Moloko, for instance, I mentally mix out the hammond…